MTI Holland BV, member of the IHC Merwede group, was founded in 1942 in Delft. Today MTI, one of the leading research and development institutes for dredging, dredge mining and dredging equipment is situated at Kinderdijk, in the centre of Holland and the centre of the Dutch dredging industry. Originally founded for research and development projects on behalf IHC Merwede only, nowadays MTI also offers its services to third parties, in particular dredging companies, government institutions and consultants